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Eilean Mo Chridhe
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"Eilean Mo Chridhe" is a Scottish Gaelic folk song written during the First World War. The composer was John Angus 'Kaid' MacLean of Portree, Skye. The meaning of the title in English is "Island of my Heart". This song shares a melody with Westering Home (1939) and Vera Lynn's Travellin' Home (1957). Recordings * 1936 - by Neil McLean * 1960 - Cheap Breatainn, Songs of Cape Breton, by Lauchie Gillis (Celtic Records) * 196? - Gaelic folklore of Cape Breton Island, by Mae Campbell Cameron (Rodeo)<ref name="Conn"/> * 1974 - The whisky chorus, by Alasdair Gillies (Beltona SBE 170) * 1985 - Gaelic Songs from Mira, by Lauchie Gillis * 199? - This is Sydney (instrumental) West Hill, Ontario: Holborne Distributing Co Publications * c. 1917 - Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory, and MacLeod, Kenneth. Twelve selected songs of the Hebrides : from volume II / collected, edited, translated and arranged for voice and pianoforte by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth Macleod. London : Boosey & Co. * 1965 - Great Britain, Army: Scots Guards. Scots Guards standard settings of pipe music. . London: Paterson's Publications. * 1977 - Fergusson, D. A. Fad air falbh as Innse Gall: Leis comh-chruinneachadh Cheap Breatuinn. Beyond the Hebrides: including the Cape Breton collection. Page 72. Halifax, N.S.: Fergusson.<ref name="Conn"/> See Also
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